坠

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to fall; to drop; to weigh down

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Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

土 meaning “earth” + 队 sound ( duì )

Components 队土

plunge · Heisig RSH #1068

队 team + ground

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
金乌西坠，玉兔东升	jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng	lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the e…
坠入情网	zhuì rù qíng wǎng	to fall in love
天花乱坠	tiān huā luàn zhuì	(lit.) a deluge of heavenly flowers (idiom); (fig.) extravagant embellishments; hype
坠入爱河	zhuì rù ài hé	to fall in love
耳坠子	ěr zhuì zi	eardrops (pendant jewelry); earrings; CL:對\|对[dui4],隻\|只[zhi1]
坠子	zhuì zi	weight; pendant; same as 墜胡\|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]; ballad singing accompanied by a 墜胡\|坠胡[zhui4 hu2…
坠马	zhuì mǎ	to fall off a horse
坠海	zhuì hǎi	to fall into the ocean; to crash into the ocean
坠机	zhuì jī	airplane crash
下坠	xià zhuì	(of objects) to fall; to drop; to droop; (medicine) to experience tenesmus
坠入	zhuì rù	to drop into; to fall into
失坠	shī zhuì	loss
坠落	zhuì luò	to fall; to drop
击坠	jī zhuì	to shoot down
坠胡	zhuì hú	two-stringed bowed instrument; also called 墜琴\|坠琴[zhui4 qin2]
摇摇欲坠	yáo yáo yù zhuì	tottering; on the verge of collapse
坠楼	zhuì lóu	to fall off or jump off a building
吊坠	diào zhuì	a pendant (jewelry)
坠琴	zhuì qín	same as 墜胡\|坠胡[zhui4 hu2]
累坠	léi zhui	variant of 累贅\|累赘[lei2 zhui5]